St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth
Sandwell Road, Birmingham, B21 8NH
409 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 53.1%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 10 July 2024, published 8 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 71% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 5% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 31 | 30 | 67 | 31 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 45 | 42 | 104 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 43 | 42 | 117 | 43 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 47 | 46 | 108 | 47 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 53 | 49 | 114 | 52 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 54 | 48 | 134 | 53 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 51 | 47 | 140 | 51 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 59 | 157 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Oasis Academy Wattville 0.7 km · Inadequate (2023) · previous system
- Rookery School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- William Murdoch Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Oasis Academy Boulton 1.1 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Grove School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.